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LECTURES
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THE WITMARSUM
WELCOME
VISITORS
BLUFFTON
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VOL. XXIII
BLUFFTON, OHIO, SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1936
NUMBER 8
DR. IN. W. WHITE TO BEGIN BIBLE LECTURES ON SUNDAY MORNING
“WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?" THEME OF BIBLE TALKS
Noted Biblical Seminary Head Will Address Groups In Lecture Series
Dr. Wilbert W. White of Biblical Seminary in New York will open a week of Bible lectures in Bluffton with his initial address at the First Mennonite church on Sunday, Feb­ruary 9, at 10:00 A. M. Using “What Is Christianity?” as his gen­eral subject Dr. White will deliver a series of religious discourses thruout the week which will deal with dif- ( ferent phases of the Bible.
Dr. White is a graduate of Woos­ter college, Xenia Seminary and Yale i University, receiving his Doctor of | Philosophy degree from the latter | institution for his work in the field j of semitics and philosophy. This j year’s lecturer has gained wide recog­nition in the past ten years for the summer conferences which he has conducted for college teachers and administrators. Several years ago Prof. N .E. Byers attended one of Dr. White’s conferences at Chau­tauqua, New York.'
As customary in the past years the lectures will be held each morning in the college chapel at 10:00 o’clock and at the First Mennonite church each evening at 7:00 o’clock from Monday to Friday inclusive. The lectures will close Friday evening.
He has named 24 tentative sub­jects from which he will choose 11. The learned minister comes here this year as a successor to Dr. David J. Evans of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School who conducted the Bible lec­tures last year. In an interview with a staff member Jpist year Dr. Evans revealed that in 1923 he con­ducted the largest Bible class ever on record. On one Sunday 51,121 men of Kansas City attended his class.
During the years of Bible lectures some of the outstanding theologians and philosophers of America have been guest speakers at Bluffton’s oldest tradition.
The Tentative Subjects The addresses of Dr. White will be chosen from two general groups, “What Jerusalem Stands For” and “The Good Shepherd Versus The Shepherds of Israel That Destroy.” Under the first group are listed: (Continued on page 2)
—BC—
Bible Lecturer
T\R. Wilbert W. White, presi- dent of Biblical Seminary, New York city, who will deliver the annual Bluffton College Bible lectures next week.
BLUFFTON PREXY SPEAKS AT PEACE CONFERENCE
GREAT LEADERS TO SPEAK
Rev. Rosenberger Appears On Program at Manchester College"Unify Feb. 28
President Arthur S. Rosenberger will address the Forum Institute on Christian World Order to be held at Manchester college, North Manches­ter, Indiana, February 28 and 29. President Rosenberger’s subject is "Christian Cooperation and World Peace”.
The Institute is conducted by Man­chester college and the Kagawa Com­mittee of Indiana. It is a confer­ence of ministers, educators, busi­ness men, and leaders of thought and action in Northern Indiana and Ohio. Kagawa will speak Saturday.
Other speakers expected to address the convention are Dean Harold Bender of Goshen college, C. D. Bon- sack, Secretary of Missions of the Brethren Colleges, and Senator Gerald P. Nye. Senator Nye will discuss “Arms and the Munitions Racket”.
President Rosenberger will speak at 1:30 Friday afternoon. Several of the Bluffton faculty are planning to attend.
The Bluffton president is receiving an increasing number of engage­ments as a speaker since his start as president last fall.
PREPARATIONSARENIADE ALLEN COUNT) TEACHERS
TO CONVENE HERE TODAY
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LOCAL UNIT PERSONNEL NAMED BY PROF. LANTZ
Prominent Allen County School System Educators Lead Sectional Conferences; Dr. E. I. F. Williams, Heidelberg College, Delivers Main Address
Bluffton to be Host to Nine Ohio Colleges at Annual Spring Meeting
With the announcement of the per­sonnel of the Men s Glee club made today by Prof. Lantz, the attention of the campus music followers is be­ing focused upon the Ohio Intercol­legiate Glee club contest to be held here March 13. •
Thirty singers compose the local unit which will compete with clubs from nine other Ohio colleges in the annual spring contest. In prepara­tion for . this event semi-weekly re­hearsals are being held.
Wentz Alspaugh, Elgin senior, has been named student director for the organization, and Roger Hauenstein will be piano accompanist.
The personnel is as follows: first tenors—Wade Amstutz, Gordon Hilty, Herbert Jones, Clayton Bucher, Harold Kaufman, A1 Clemens, Paul Hughes; second tenors—Russell Mast, Vernon Gerber, Vilas Gerber, Peter Kohli, Melvin Lora, Fred Davidson; baritones—J. J. Miller, James Suter, Lawrence Evans, Richard King, Ed­ward Schumacher, Maynard Coon, basses—Clifton Lehman, Hiram Dil- ler, John Maidlow, Wilbur Lauer, Paul Wimmer, Robert Geigley; Wade Lape, Rollin Moser, Harold Schultz, Wayne Yoakum and Paul Geiser.
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Registration For Final Semester Is Completed
Bluffton college is host today to three hundred Allen county teachers who are convening for the combined annual teacher’s institute and eleventh Bluffton educational conference.
The conference will open at 10:00 o’clock this morning with nine sectional conferences led by prominent educators of the Allen county school system.
____________________________________| These conferences include English
nmmnn’n nnrnnilirnr led by Supt. Paul H. Weaver, of
RICHARD! GREGGiHERE ss
mRiRi F I FP.TIIRFS Fo™^a?“;EhG^:
UIULL LLUIUIILU Shawnee; Social Science and History, ______ Supt. C. D. Early, of Gomer; Com­mercial, Paul Harrod, of Shawnee; DISCIPLE OF GANDHI Home Economics, Miss Elizabeth
Boehr, head of the Bluffton college department; Industrial Arts, Roy Author of “The Power of Nor.- Roller, Shawnee; Music, William Violence” to Lead Seminar McBride, Shawnee.
Groups on Campus
Luncheons will be held during the noon hour in the Bluffton high school
--------- cafeteria and the Ropp Hall dining
,. . , . room of the college.
Richard B. Gregg, a disciple of .,
_ , ,, T At 1:1a o’clock this afternoon the
Mahatma Gandhi and author of The teachers ^ ^ -n the Bluffton
lower r> on- 10 once , w i '>slt high school auditorium where Pres,
the Bluffton college campus Friday, A g Roaenberger will give the ad-
February 21, it was announced by dress of welcome. Foliowing this
college officials today. message the famous A-Capella choir
A graduate of Harvard, Mr. Gregg under the direction of Prof. Russell has had a most interesting and col- a. Lantz will present a program of orful career. He spent several years five numbers.
working with Gandhi and along with The featured address of the ses- Charles Andrews is considered the j sion will be given by Dr. E. I. F. outstanding authority on the great i Williams, head of the education de- Indian leader. partment of Heidelberg college on
It was during the bloody Pullman “Horace Mann”. This lecture will
In addition to the number of part- ;ime students registered in the music lepartment approximately 178 full ;ime students have registered up-to- late to take work during the second semester. Although the number reg- stcred for the final semester shows io gain in attendance several depart- nents have been improved whereby he selection of course is on a wider •ange to the students.
New students are: Ima Goodwin, Columbus Grove, sophomore; Glover Jrubaugh, Van Wert, sophomore; 3avid E. Jones, Venedocia, freshman ind LaDonna Klay, Bluffton, sopho- nore.
strike in Chicago that Mr. Gregg; then a lawyer, started questioning the use of violence in solving any social conflict. Since then he has de­voted his entire life to »*jth a schol­arly and practical study of the use of violence.
“The Power of Non-Violence” is considered to be the first authoritative book in this field. Many years were spent in collecting material for it, and
be illustrated by colored slides.
Dale Haven, a nationally known pianist, has also been scheduled to appear on the program.
The concluding address ot tine con­ference will be given by Dr. W. W. White who will open the annual series of Bible lectures here . Sunday morning in the Mennonite church.
Saturday morning Bluffton gradu­ates of last year who are now teach­ing will meet in a special session in
critics have hailed the volume as a connectjon with this year’s student
triumph for the pacifist forces
At the present time Mr. Gregg is
teachers.
The conference was arranged joint-
director of the Pendle Hill, Quaker . ly by Dr. J. S. Schultz, head of the graduate center near Philadelphia, j Bluffton college department of educa-
where he is furthering his study and training followers in the social tech­nique of non-violence.
Winfield Fretz, field secretary has arranged the visit of this famous author with the cooperation of Rev. Carl J. Landes newly elected secre­tary of the Mennonite Peace society. Rev. Landes will accompany Mr. Gregg here from Philadelphia.
tion; Supt. A. J. B. Longsdorf, di­rector of the Bluffton public schools and Dr. H. Litherland, formerly of Ohio Northern university and now superintendent of the Allen county schools.
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Practice Teaching Begins At H. School
P. W. STAUFFER REVIEWS “PEG O’ MY HEART”
Student Teachers
Attend Conference
Bluffton college student teachers numbered twenty in a delegation of fifty-five from here to a regional educational conference held at Ada on Thursday, January 14th.
Featured on the program was E. N. Dietrich, assistant Director of Education of the State of Ohio. Mr. Dietrich who was formerly superin­tendent of the Wooster schools spoke on the general subject of what the Ohio Department of Education is do­ing at the present time for the schools of the State. Dean Huber of Ohio Northern U., Frank L. Loy, head of the education department at the same school; Dean Schultz of Bluffton college as well as Supt. A. J. B. Longsdorf of the Bluffton schools spoke informally.
A delighted audience left the local auditorium on Thursday evening after the presentation of J. Heartley Manners’ three-act comedy, “Peg O’ My Heart”, by the Junior class. Too few times during the past few years have these class plays reached the calibre playgoers expect of college groups. To select a piece for the annual dramatic event from the catalogue of the finer English come­dies was an undertaking for which no little credit should be given to an almost wholly inexperienced troupe.
The cast with the exception of sev­eral minor characters was well chos­en. A good beginning usually brings the audience to a rapid and fixed at­tention. However, in this case the first scene was too slow to command
such interest, and the casual observ­er might well have planned the fol­lowing day’s routine during the drag­ging movement. If, at any time dur­ing the entire production lack of finish was evident, it was during this initial action. Uneasiness on the part of Ray Heiks as Brent, and Esther Amstutz, as Ethel, at this point was as annoying to the spec­tator as it undoubtedly was to them. In fairness to these two we add that as the play progressed, they became more free and less conscious of themselves. The last act found Ethel in a very pleasing contrast with the earlier performance.
Barbara Joyce Hauenstein, Mrs. Chichester, as a whole, played well. Her sudden departure from the ser­iousness
of the occasion by means of an unintentional snicker or smile was no enhancement to her other­wise creditable work. Alaric, the spineless ne’er-do-well son, was nicely impersonated by Mr. Winemiller. The occasional audience chuckle displayed, however, that he at times forgot to overcome his weakness when trying to comfort a mother who herself failed to display the proper emotion. An improvement in Act III brought friend Alaric into more favor with his public. Mr. Hawkes by Millard Herr and Jerry, played by James Creel, were slightly below the usual portrayal of such characters. More business manner on the part of Hawkes and more forwardness in (Continued on page 3)
Prospective teachers have started work at the high school.
Following is a list of those now teaching and the subjects which they are teaching: Wentz Alspaugh, mu­sic; Wade Amstutz, mathematics; Margaret Berger, Latin; Marjorie Birchard, English; Marguerite Gei­ger, English; Lena Gratz, home economics; Mary Hadsell, music; Paul Hughes, history; Leora Jacobs, social science; Ralph Locher, Ameri­can government; Jonathan Miller, mathematics; Eleanor Niswander, music; Martha Niswander, home economics; Mary Nord, English; Mary Rediger, music; Don Smucker, (economics; Marcella Steiner, Latin; Fern Stuart, social science; Richard Thutt, general science; James Vogel- gesang, biology; Selma Warkentin, home economics; Carl Weaver, Eng- jlish; Irene Yoder, biology.

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LECTURES
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THE WITMARSUM
WELCOME
VISITORS
BLUFFTON
COLLEGE
VOL. XXIII
BLUFFTON, OHIO, SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1936
NUMBER 8
DR. IN. W. WHITE TO BEGIN BIBLE LECTURES ON SUNDAY MORNING
“WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?" THEME OF BIBLE TALKS
Noted Biblical Seminary Head Will Address Groups In Lecture Series
Dr. Wilbert W. White of Biblical Seminary in New York will open a week of Bible lectures in Bluffton with his initial address at the First Mennonite church on Sunday, Feb­ruary 9, at 10:00 A. M. Using “What Is Christianity?” as his gen­eral subject Dr. White will deliver a series of religious discourses thruout the week which will deal with dif- ( ferent phases of the Bible.
Dr. White is a graduate of Woos­ter college, Xenia Seminary and Yale i University, receiving his Doctor of | Philosophy degree from the latter | institution for his work in the field j of semitics and philosophy. This j year’s lecturer has gained wide recog­nition in the past ten years for the summer conferences which he has conducted for college teachers and administrators. Several years ago Prof. N .E. Byers attended one of Dr. White’s conferences at Chau­tauqua, New York.'
As customary in the past years the lectures will be held each morning in the college chapel at 10:00 o’clock and at the First Mennonite church each evening at 7:00 o’clock from Monday to Friday inclusive. The lectures will close Friday evening.
He has named 24 tentative sub­jects from which he will choose 11. The learned minister comes here this year as a successor to Dr. David J. Evans of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School who conducted the Bible lec­tures last year. In an interview with a staff member Jpist year Dr. Evans revealed that in 1923 he con­ducted the largest Bible class ever on record. On one Sunday 51,121 men of Kansas City attended his class.
During the years of Bible lectures some of the outstanding theologians and philosophers of America have been guest speakers at Bluffton’s oldest tradition.
The Tentative Subjects The addresses of Dr. White will be chosen from two general groups, “What Jerusalem Stands For” and “The Good Shepherd Versus The Shepherds of Israel That Destroy.” Under the first group are listed: (Continued on page 2)
—BC—
Bible Lecturer
T\R. Wilbert W. White, presi- dent of Biblical Seminary, New York city, who will deliver the annual Bluffton College Bible lectures next week.
BLUFFTON PREXY SPEAKS AT PEACE CONFERENCE
GREAT LEADERS TO SPEAK
Rev. Rosenberger Appears On Program at Manchester College"Unify Feb. 28
President Arthur S. Rosenberger will address the Forum Institute on Christian World Order to be held at Manchester college, North Manches­ter, Indiana, February 28 and 29. President Rosenberger’s subject is "Christian Cooperation and World Peace”.
The Institute is conducted by Man­chester college and the Kagawa Com­mittee of Indiana. It is a confer­ence of ministers, educators, busi­ness men, and leaders of thought and action in Northern Indiana and Ohio. Kagawa will speak Saturday.
Other speakers expected to address the convention are Dean Harold Bender of Goshen college, C. D. Bon- sack, Secretary of Missions of the Brethren Colleges, and Senator Gerald P. Nye. Senator Nye will discuss “Arms and the Munitions Racket”.
President Rosenberger will speak at 1:30 Friday afternoon. Several of the Bluffton faculty are planning to attend.
The Bluffton president is receiving an increasing number of engage­ments as a speaker since his start as president last fall.
PREPARATIONSARENIADE ALLEN COUNT) TEACHERS
TO CONVENE HERE TODAY
______ I
LOCAL UNIT PERSONNEL NAMED BY PROF. LANTZ
Prominent Allen County School System Educators Lead Sectional Conferences; Dr. E. I. F. Williams, Heidelberg College, Delivers Main Address
Bluffton to be Host to Nine Ohio Colleges at Annual Spring Meeting
With the announcement of the per­sonnel of the Men s Glee club made today by Prof. Lantz, the attention of the campus music followers is be­ing focused upon the Ohio Intercol­legiate Glee club contest to be held here March 13. •
Thirty singers compose the local unit which will compete with clubs from nine other Ohio colleges in the annual spring contest. In prepara­tion for . this event semi-weekly re­hearsals are being held.
Wentz Alspaugh, Elgin senior, has been named student director for the organization, and Roger Hauenstein will be piano accompanist.
The personnel is as follows: first tenors—Wade Amstutz, Gordon Hilty, Herbert Jones, Clayton Bucher, Harold Kaufman, A1 Clemens, Paul Hughes; second tenors—Russell Mast, Vernon Gerber, Vilas Gerber, Peter Kohli, Melvin Lora, Fred Davidson; baritones—J. J. Miller, James Suter, Lawrence Evans, Richard King, Ed­ward Schumacher, Maynard Coon, basses—Clifton Lehman, Hiram Dil- ler, John Maidlow, Wilbur Lauer, Paul Wimmer, Robert Geigley; Wade Lape, Rollin Moser, Harold Schultz, Wayne Yoakum and Paul Geiser.
—BC—
Registration For Final Semester Is Completed
Bluffton college is host today to three hundred Allen county teachers who are convening for the combined annual teacher’s institute and eleventh Bluffton educational conference.
The conference will open at 10:00 o’clock this morning with nine sectional conferences led by prominent educators of the Allen county school system.
____________________________________| These conferences include English
nmmnn’n nnrnnilirnr led by Supt. Paul H. Weaver, of
RICHARD! GREGGiHERE ss
mRiRi F I FP.TIIRFS Fo™^a?“;EhG^:
UIULL LLUIUIILU Shawnee; Social Science and History, ______ Supt. C. D. Early, of Gomer; Com­mercial, Paul Harrod, of Shawnee; DISCIPLE OF GANDHI Home Economics, Miss Elizabeth
Boehr, head of the Bluffton college department; Industrial Arts, Roy Author of “The Power of Nor.- Roller, Shawnee; Music, William Violence” to Lead Seminar McBride, Shawnee.
Groups on Campus
Luncheons will be held during the noon hour in the Bluffton high school
--------- cafeteria and the Ropp Hall dining
,. . , . room of the college.
Richard B. Gregg, a disciple of .,
_ , ,, T At 1:1a o’clock this afternoon the
Mahatma Gandhi and author of The teachers ^ ^ -n the Bluffton
lower r> on- 10 once , w i '>slt high school auditorium where Pres,
the Bluffton college campus Friday, A g Roaenberger will give the ad-
February 21, it was announced by dress of welcome. Foliowing this
college officials today. message the famous A-Capella choir
A graduate of Harvard, Mr. Gregg under the direction of Prof. Russell has had a most interesting and col- a. Lantz will present a program of orful career. He spent several years five numbers.
working with Gandhi and along with The featured address of the ses- Charles Andrews is considered the j sion will be given by Dr. E. I. F. outstanding authority on the great i Williams, head of the education de- Indian leader. partment of Heidelberg college on
It was during the bloody Pullman “Horace Mann”. This lecture will
In addition to the number of part- ;ime students registered in the music lepartment approximately 178 full ;ime students have registered up-to- late to take work during the second semester. Although the number reg- stcred for the final semester shows io gain in attendance several depart- nents have been improved whereby he selection of course is on a wider •ange to the students.
New students are: Ima Goodwin, Columbus Grove, sophomore; Glover Jrubaugh, Van Wert, sophomore; 3avid E. Jones, Venedocia, freshman ind LaDonna Klay, Bluffton, sopho- nore.
strike in Chicago that Mr. Gregg; then a lawyer, started questioning the use of violence in solving any social conflict. Since then he has de­voted his entire life to »*jth a schol­arly and practical study of the use of violence.
“The Power of Non-Violence” is considered to be the first authoritative book in this field. Many years were spent in collecting material for it, and
be illustrated by colored slides.
Dale Haven, a nationally known pianist, has also been scheduled to appear on the program.
The concluding address ot tine con­ference will be given by Dr. W. W. White who will open the annual series of Bible lectures here . Sunday morning in the Mennonite church.
Saturday morning Bluffton gradu­ates of last year who are now teach­ing will meet in a special session in
critics have hailed the volume as a connectjon with this year’s student
triumph for the pacifist forces
At the present time Mr. Gregg is
teachers.
The conference was arranged joint-
director of the Pendle Hill, Quaker . ly by Dr. J. S. Schultz, head of the graduate center near Philadelphia, j Bluffton college department of educa-
where he is furthering his study and training followers in the social tech­nique of non-violence.
Winfield Fretz, field secretary has arranged the visit of this famous author with the cooperation of Rev. Carl J. Landes newly elected secre­tary of the Mennonite Peace society. Rev. Landes will accompany Mr. Gregg here from Philadelphia.
tion; Supt. A. J. B. Longsdorf, di­rector of the Bluffton public schools and Dr. H. Litherland, formerly of Ohio Northern university and now superintendent of the Allen county schools.
—BC—
Practice Teaching Begins At H. School
P. W. STAUFFER REVIEWS “PEG O’ MY HEART”
Student Teachers
Attend Conference
Bluffton college student teachers numbered twenty in a delegation of fifty-five from here to a regional educational conference held at Ada on Thursday, January 14th.
Featured on the program was E. N. Dietrich, assistant Director of Education of the State of Ohio. Mr. Dietrich who was formerly superin­tendent of the Wooster schools spoke on the general subject of what the Ohio Department of Education is do­ing at the present time for the schools of the State. Dean Huber of Ohio Northern U., Frank L. Loy, head of the education department at the same school; Dean Schultz of Bluffton college as well as Supt. A. J. B. Longsdorf of the Bluffton schools spoke informally.
A delighted audience left the local auditorium on Thursday evening after the presentation of J. Heartley Manners’ three-act comedy, “Peg O’ My Heart”, by the Junior class. Too few times during the past few years have these class plays reached the calibre playgoers expect of college groups. To select a piece for the annual dramatic event from the catalogue of the finer English come­dies was an undertaking for which no little credit should be given to an almost wholly inexperienced troupe.
The cast with the exception of sev­eral minor characters was well chos­en. A good beginning usually brings the audience to a rapid and fixed at­tention. However, in this case the first scene was too slow to command
such interest, and the casual observ­er might well have planned the fol­lowing day’s routine during the drag­ging movement. If, at any time dur­ing the entire production lack of finish was evident, it was during this initial action. Uneasiness on the part of Ray Heiks as Brent, and Esther Amstutz, as Ethel, at this point was as annoying to the spec­tator as it undoubtedly was to them. In fairness to these two we add that as the play progressed, they became more free and less conscious of themselves. The last act found Ethel in a very pleasing contrast with the earlier performance.
Barbara Joyce Hauenstein, Mrs. Chichester, as a whole, played well. Her sudden departure from the ser­iousness
of the occasion by means of an unintentional snicker or smile was no enhancement to her other­wise creditable work. Alaric, the spineless ne’er-do-well son, was nicely impersonated by Mr. Winemiller. The occasional audience chuckle displayed, however, that he at times forgot to overcome his weakness when trying to comfort a mother who herself failed to display the proper emotion. An improvement in Act III brought friend Alaric into more favor with his public. Mr. Hawkes by Millard Herr and Jerry, played by James Creel, were slightly below the usual portrayal of such characters. More business manner on the part of Hawkes and more forwardness in (Continued on page 3)
Prospective teachers have started work at the high school.
Following is a list of those now teaching and the subjects which they are teaching: Wentz Alspaugh, mu­sic; Wade Amstutz, mathematics; Margaret Berger, Latin; Marjorie Birchard, English; Marguerite Gei­ger, English; Lena Gratz, home economics; Mary Hadsell, music; Paul Hughes, history; Leora Jacobs, social science; Ralph Locher, Ameri­can government; Jonathan Miller, mathematics; Eleanor Niswander, music; Martha Niswander, home economics; Mary Nord, English; Mary Rediger, music; Don Smucker, (economics; Marcella Steiner, Latin; Fern Stuart, social science; Richard Thutt, general science; James Vogel- gesang, biology; Selma Warkentin, home economics; Carl Weaver, Eng- jlish; Irene Yoder, biology.